Collaboration for School Improvement: A Resource Dependency and Institutional Framework of Analysis

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-87

  Connolly, Michael ^a   James, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; federation; improvement; partnership; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993813063     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143206059540     Document Type: Article

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